Progress against the field
Between Oslo 2025 and Oslo 2026, Michael Gallagher pulled 22:26 ahead of the field.
Over the same races everyone got 2:15 quicker, so 24:41 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The largest gain on the field came from Oslo 2025 → Copenhagen 2026: 33:49 in 168 days.
How this is worked out ⓘ
A finish time moves for two reasons: the athlete, and the race — its course, its floor, its day. For each pair of races in a row in one category, we take everyone who raced both and use the middle of how much they moved (the median) as "the race". Whatever is left is the athlete. Doubles are compared only when the same two people raced both, and told as the pair's; relays are left out. A pair with fewer than 15 athletes in common is not shown.
Every race
5 races · 5 events
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Oslo26 Sep 2026Individual Open · Men1:57:21210/228Beat 8%
↑ 119 days after Riga 2026 12:09 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
12:31 faster on the clock, and the race was 0:22 faster for everyone, so 12:09 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →0:22 faster This athlete12:31 faster -
Riga30 May 2026Individual Open · Men2:09:52856/882Beat 3%
↑ 78 days after Copenhagen 2026 23:32 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
23:02 slower on the clock in a race that was 0:30 faster for everyone: 23:32 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:30 faster This athlete23:02 slower -
Copenhagen13 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:46:50 PB356/390Beat 9%
↑ 168 days after Oslo 2025 33:49 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
35:12 faster on the clock, and the race was 1:23 faster for everyone, so 33:49 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →1:23 faster This athlete35:12 faster -
Oslo26 Sep 2025Individual Open · Men2:22:02924/935Beat 1%
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Birmingham25 Oct 2024Doubles Open · Men1:01:31 PB52/441Beat 88%